Hundreds of Refugees in Lebanon Ready to Return to Syria

Hundreds of Refugees in Lebanon Ready to Return to Syria

Hundreds of Refugees in Lebanon Ready to Return to Syria

Beirut, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of refugees in Lebanon are expected to return to Syria on Monday as part of a program organized by General Security, according to a corporate statement released Friday.

Returns are scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. local time from Akkar, Arsal, Burj Hammoud, Masnaa, Nabatieh, Shebaa and Tripoli, and will pass through the Abboudieh, Al-Zamarani and Masnaa border crossings.

The Lebanese National Security Agency has registered refugees who are willing to return to their homeland.

This entity is the only official to act as an intermediary between Beirut and Damascus for the return of those displaced by the conflict.

Last September, the Head of General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, said that 50,000 Syrians had returned to their country so far in 2018 and that the number could rise to 200,000 within a year.

The UN refugee agency says the figure is much lower than Ibrahim's or those mentioned before.

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Hundreds of Refugees in Lebanon Ready to Return to Syria

Beirut, Oct 12 (Prensa Latina) Hundreds of refugees in Lebanon are expected to return to Syria on Monday as part of a program organized by General Security, according to a corporate statement released Friday.

Returns are scheduled to begin at 6 a.m. local time from Akkar, Arsal, Burj Hammoud, Masnaa, Nabatieh, Shebaa and Tripoli, and will pass through the Abboudieh, Al-Zamarani and Masnaa border crossings.

The Lebanese National Security Agency has registered refugees who are willing to return to their homeland.

This entity is the only official to act as an intermediary between Beirut and Damascus for the return of those displaced by the conflict.

Last September, the Head of General Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, said that 50,000 Syrians had returned to their country so far in 2018 and that the number could rise to 200,000 within a year.

The UN refugee agency says the figure is much lower than Ibrahim's or those mentioned before.